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Bank of Montreal will redeem all of its 7.40% Debentures, Series 19, due 2011, on March 14, 2006.

The Debentures are redeemable at Bank of Montreal's option from March 14, 2006 at a redemption price of 100 per cent of the principal amount plus unpaid accrued interest to the redemption date.  Interest on the Debentures will cease to accrue from and after the redemption date.

Bank of Montreal cited the high relative yield to current market rates as the main reason for the redemption.

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North American financial services organization.  With total assets of $297 billion as at October 31, 2005, and more than 33,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.  BMO Financial Group serves clients across Canada through its Canadian retail arm BMO Bank of Montreal and through BMO Nesbitt Burns, one of Canada's leading full-service investment firms.  In the United States, BMO serves clients through Chicago-based Harris, an integrated financial services organization that provides more than 1 million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing, financial planning, trust administration, portfolio management, family office and wealth transfer services.

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